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I just had to add my favorite of Rachmaninoff's Piano Conderto s --- No 2!

I got it, too! 🤣

Sick! 😞

Hi everyone, Just a note to let you know that, yes, even though Christmas Day falls on a Wednesday this year, AwesomeDude.com will be posting. In addition to updated serial stories from Michael Arram, Rick Beck, Bensiamin and a new novel by Nicholas Hall will be Christmas Short Stories from Cole Parker and Nigel Gordon. From all the Authors and Staff at AwesomeDude, we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! Mike

OK, here is your response, Talo. What you suggest makes sense. Nifty Archives has such a system, but the author needs to submit it into a category in advance. Then their huge site is divided into sub parts which is fine for those who have limited interests... AwesomeDude, however, has always been - if you like - a boutique site where the quality of a story is the important thing. It is not organized as a department store where various and sundry items are sold according to a wide range of categories. We are primarily a gay fiction site but many of our authors also post stories on non-gay related subjects. I've received a lot of correspondence from readers who come to AD because they are likely to find well-written stories by their favorite authors about almost anything. That's what they expect. I've recently added the Coming Attractions Forum so that authors - should they wish - may give an idea of what to expect in a new story. It is not compulsory, nor should it be. And some authors think that putting their stories into boxes limits them. And if one thinks that Michael Arram - a published professor of Medieval History at a renowned British university writes 'fantasy' because an 'elf' appears in his current story introduction, then one probably lacks the imagination to really appreciate good fiction in the first place. We are a free site - maintained by donations. We don't have the resources to develop and maintain a data base system to categorize stories or implement such across the thousands of stories already on our site. We are basically a minimally managed site with volunteer labor. Our authors arrange for the editing of their stories. We pay attention to the quality of the stories we post and their visual presentation, something most other sites ignore. Our best resource is the corps of authors who meet here and discuss what's good for the site and what's "doable." I am always willing to discuss ideas here to improve our service to both authors and readers. Mike

It is 1690 and the world is at war: the Great Turkish War rumbles on and the Empire has armies in the field in Hungary and in Lombardy and along the Rhine as it fends off the power of Louis XIV. Meanwhile in unaligned Ruritania, young Sergius von Tarlenheim arrives at the royal court to take up a post in the household of the crown prince, Henry of Elphberg, a youth who rather fancies himself as a modern Alexander the Great. Soon he is caught up conflict on all sides: not just in the wars of his prince and the aspirations of the rival Rothenian power of Glottenburg, but with the ambitions of an English adventurer who knows more about the mysterious death of Serge's grandfather than he should. And unknown to him greater conflicts by far are beginning in the World Beyond fo. r an elf appears on the streets of Strelsau to seek the help of the ragged children of the Conduit.

Word has it that Eno is out looking for an agent who can get him a contract like his cousin, Limu.

It reminds me of the Johnny Tillotson hit.... Poetry in Motion.

With his latest comments on our Great Leader.... here is our Political Editor ... Randy Rainbow

Wow! Thank you Bruin...

Arrrrrrgh! 😁

OOOOkay. Love and remember and loved Mary Hopkins. How about some Handel?

OK... let's have some fun! I've scoured the Internet - mostly YouTube - to find some really bizarre videos. You are invited to do the same and post to this thread. One thing... don't bother posting Trump lying in public.. that's too common. 🤣 Here's my first submission the Russian Red Army band with the Leningrad Cowboys:

Same here but my cats seem to like it! 😻

Although it's not really News ... I guess it does qualify under Views.

Oh, Pedro.... I didn't know you only wanted me to post once a week. Chapter Two was scheduled for Saturday as usual posting schedule is twice a week. Please clarify! 😻 Mike